United States v. Davis’s Empirical Analysis
831 F.2d 63 · 1987
Citation profile
23 federal appellate ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 29 later decisions — most recently September 2011 · most notably United States v. Laury (1993), United States v. Carter (1992)
23 federal appellate ·
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 922 (Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act)
Relies on United States v. Young · United States v. Frady · Liegl v. Webb · Barrett v. United States · United States v. Garza
Most-quoted passages
The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 29 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The crucial question on review is whether the prosecutor’s remarks cast serious doubt upon the correctness of the jury’s verdict. * * * * * * The basic question, then, is whether the jury would have found appellants guilty had it not been for the prosecutor’s improper argument. We consider the following factors in carrying out such a review: (1) the magnitude of the prejudicial effect of the statements, (2) the efficacy of any cautionary instructions, and (3) the strength of the evidence of appellants’ guilt.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.